Patch for tires.



R. w. WHEELER.

PATCH FOR TIRES.

APPLICATION HLED OCT. 28, 1913.

0. 0. 9 m M m JR M M 2 11 L W 4 liiih iTEd BALPE WILLIAM WHEELER, AERGN, OHIO.

LPATGH son nines;

Seeciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915,

Application filed Gctober 52%, 1913. Serial Ho. 757,877.

rounding the opening against enlargement of the opening and generally to provide for a quick re, air of the casing.

More specifically, the invention resides in providing the patch with coupling devices for holding various forms of clips on the patch to thereby enable it to be used with different types of tires, suited to different types of rims, that is to say, detachable clips may he provided for the patch adapting it i for use in connection with a clencher tire and if the patch is to be used with a straightside tire of the Dunlop type different clips may he substi uted. 1 g

a; the :i ageing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts constituting the invention to be hereinafter specifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof wherein is shown the prel-e {erred embodiment of the invention, but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modifications he resorted to which some within the scope of the inatterhereiter claimed. In the drawings which similar refere nume? s like parts in the difis a perspective view r g device equipped to a rim suited de or Dunlop type H, r a perspective view on the coupling device employed; ri s, is a perspective view 01' a clip for use in connection with a rim adapted to hold a clencher type of tire; Fig. l, is a similar view of a clip for use in connection with the device when pioyed with a rim suited to take a straig; -slde or Dunlop type of tire. Fig. is a transverse sectional view of a vehicle wheel rim adapted to receive a clencher type of tire showing one form of clip in position; Fig. 6, is a similar view of a tire showing another iornc of clip in position with respect to a straight-side type of tire. v

Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference numeral 1 denotes the body portion of the patch which is usually formed of ruleher and fabric in a conventional manner,'butthe construction of the patch forms no particular feature of this invention, excepting that it is usually in the form of a sleeve having an inner open portion provided with side edges 2 and 3 in the usuaimanner. v Adjacent to the side edges 2 and 3 are a plurality of studs each preferably provided with a shank portion 4 and an enlarged head 0. in Fig. 2, wherein the heads are rectangular in form or may be fashioned as shown in :Fig. 7 where the head of the stud is circular land crowned; this form of stud is desig gnated by the reference numeral 6.

Adapted to coiiperate and interengage with the studs are clips fashioned to cooperate and interengage with various types of. rims. in the drawings the reference numoral 7 denotes a clip fashioned to interen gage with a clencher rim and provided with an elongated rectangular opening 8 extend ing transversely of the longitudinal side of the clip so that when positioned it will in terlock with the head 5 of the stud and this interlocking is effected by placing the clip in position parallel to the side edge of the patch and after passing the head 5 of the stud +l through the opening 8 it is given a arter revolution to bring the llOGkend 9 of the clip inwardly to proon the tire-seating surface of a rim suited for a straight-side tire of the Dunlop type and this clip is prodded with an opening 12- si'milar to the opening 8 and functioning in the same manner. 1 In Fig. 5 is shown a wheel rim 13 provided with a tire-holding band 1% and with a clencher type of tire 15 positioned thereon. In this view, the clip 7 is secured on the patch 1 by coupling devices 4 and as has already been described, the hook-shaped end 9 of the clip e In Fig. i ilill 13 is rown provided with a tire-holding ring 14 and a portion of the These studs may be formed as shown' ges the tire-holding ring 14.

tire'lf) of the Dunlop type positioned thereon. In this view the horizontal portion 11 of the clip 10 is shown in engagement With the rim and the tire.

It will be noted that a patch as hereinbefore described may be employed on either type of tire now most commonly used and it is also apparent that by changing the length of the clips employed the patch may be adapted for use with tires of diiferent diameters or of different sizes, as the case may be.

I claim A patching device for pneumatic tires comprising a sleeve-shaped patch 'open at its inner side to provide side edges embracing the opposite sides of the tire, in combination with a plurality of studs secured to the inner-surface of each side of the patch adjacent to said edges, each of said studs having a vertically elongated head and a plurality of clips provided .at their outer ends with transversely elongated openings of substantially the same dimensions as said studs to detachably engage said studs to detachably secure the clips thereto, and at their inner ends with rin'i-engaging portions adapted to be clamped between the tire and a portion of the rim of the wheel. i

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. M Y

RALPH \V. \VHEELER. Vitnesses p C. E. HUMPIIREY,

J. GRANT HYDE. 

